Timeline: Classical Conversations Basic Timeline

4000 BCE

Creation and the Fall
Period: 4000 BCE to 450

Age of Ancient Empires

Creation - c. A.D 450
2348 BCE

The Flood and the Tower of Babel

https://answersingenesis.org/bible-timeline/timeline-for-the-flood/
2273 BCE

Egyptians
2273 BCE

Indus River Valley Civilization

https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/ancient-egypt/a-correct-chronology/
2273 BCE

Minoans
2273 BCE

Mesopotamia

https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/ancient-egypt/a-correct-chronology/
2273 BCE

Mycenaeans

https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/news/who-were-the-minoans/
2273 BCE

Sumer

https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/ancient-egypt/a-correct-chronology/
2273 BCE

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
2273 BCE

Patriarchs of Israel

https://answersingenesis.org/bible-timeline/timeline-for-the-flood/
https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/ancient-egypt/a-correct-chronology/
2000 BCE

Kush
2000 BCE

Hittites and Canaanites

https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/ancient-egypt/how-do-we-know-what-happened/
https://answersingenesis.org/archaeology/ancient-egypt/a-correct-chronology/
1900 BCE

Assyrians
1900 BCE

Babylonians
1766 BCE

China's Shang Dynasty
1500 BCE

Hinduism in India
1500 BCE

Olmecs of Mesoamerica
1500 BCE

Phoenicians and the Alphabet
1446 BCE

Israelite Exodus and Desert Wandering
1406 BCE

Israelite Conquest and Judges
1100 BCE

Greek Dark Ages
1051 BCE

Israel's United Kingdom
1000 BCE

Early Native Americans
931 BCE

Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms
800 BCE

Homer and Hesiod
753 BCE

Rome Founded by Romulus and Remus
722 BCE

Israel Falls to Assyria
612 BCE

Assyria Falls to Babylon
604 BCE

Lao-Tzu, Confucius, Buddha
597 BCE

Judah Falls to Babylon, Temple Destroyed
539 BCE

Babylon Falls to Persia
538 BCE

Jews Return and Rebuild the Temple
509 BCE

Roman Republic
479 BCE

Golden Age of Greece
431 BCE

Peloponnesian Wars
331 BCE

Persia Falls to Alexander the Great
321 BCE

India's Mauryan Empire
300 BCE

Mayans of Mesoamerica
264 BCE

Punic Wars
146 BCE

Rome Conquers Greece
100 BCE

Roman Dictator Julius Caesar
27 BCE

Caesar Augustus and the Pax Romana
5 BCE

John the Baptist
4 BCE

Jesus the Messiah
30

Pentecost and the Early Church
64

Persecution Spreads the Gospel
70

Herod's Temple Destroyed by Titus
286

Diocletian Divides the Roman Empire
313

Constantine Legalizes Christianity
320

India's Gupta Dynasty
325

Council of Nicea
354

Augustine of Hippo
405

Jerome Completes the Vulgate
410

Visigoths Sack Rome
Period: 450 to 1500

The Middle Ages
451

Council of Chalcedon
476

Western Roman Empire Falls to Barbarians
527

Byzantine Emperor Justinian
529

Benedict and Monasticism
622

Muhammad Founds Islam
700

Zanj and Early Ghana in Africa
732

Franks Defeat Muslims at the Battle of Tours
750

Golden Age of Islam
793

Vikings Raid and Trade
794

Japan's Heian Period
800

Charlemagne Crowned Emperor of Europe
871

Alfred the Great of England
900

Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson, Norse Explorers
958

Vladimir I of Kiev
976

Byzantine Emperor Basil II
1054

East-West Schism of the Church
1066

Norman Conquest and Feudalism in Europe
1095

The Crusades
1100

Zimbabwe and Early Mali in Africa
1100

Aztecs of Mesoamerica
1181

Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas

1181 and 1225 AD
1192

Japan's Shoguns
1200

Incas of South America
1206

Genghis Khan Rules the Mongols
1215

England's Magna Carta
1250

Ottoman Empire
1271

Marco Polo's Journey to China
1337

The Hundred Years' War and Black Death
1350

The Renaissance
1368

China's Ming Dynasty
Period: 1400 to 1600

Age of Exploration
1419

Prince Henry Founds School of Navigation
1440

Slave Trade in Africa
1455

Gutenberg's Printing Press
1460

Songhai in Africa
1462

Czar Ivan the Great of Russia
1478

The Spanish Inquisition
1492

Columbus Sails to the Caribbean
Period: 1500 to 1800

Age of Absolute Monarchs
1517

Protestant Reformation
1519

Spanish Conquistadors in the Americas
1536

Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion
1545

Council of Trent
1600

Baroque Period of the Arts
1603

Japan's Isolation
1607

Jamestown and Plymouth Colony Founded

1607 and 1620
Period: 1650 to 1800

Age of Enlightenment
1670

Hudson's Bay Company
1734

The First Great Awakening
1750

Classical Period of the Arts
1756

The Seven Years' War
Period: 1760 to 1969

Age of Industry
1769

James Cook Sails to Australia and Antarctica
1775

American Revolution and General George Washington
1787

Madison's Constitution and the Bill of Rights
1789

French Revolution
Period: 1789 to 1797

President George Washington
1790

The Second Great Awakening
Period: 1797 to 1801

President John Adams
Period: 1801 to 1809

President Thomas Jefferson
1803

Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804

Napoleon Crowned Emperor of France
1808

Liberation of South America
Period: 1809 to 1817

President James Madison
1812

The War of 1812
Period: 1817 to 1825

President James Monroe
1819

U.S. Evangelist Billy Graham

1819-2018
1820

The Missouri Compromise
1820

Immigrants Flock to America
1823

The Monroe Doctrine
1825

Romantic Period of the Arts
Period: 1825 to 1829

President John Quincy Adams
Period: 1829 to 1837

President Andrew Jackson
Period: 1837 to 1841

President Martin Van Buren
1838

Cherokee Trail of Tears
Period: 1841 to 1841

President William H Harrison
Period: 1841 to 1845

President John Tyler
1843

U.S. Westward Expansion
Period: 1845 to 1849

President James K. Polk
1848

Marx Publishes The Communist Manifesto
Period: 1849 to 1850

President Zachary Taylor
1850

The Compromise of 1850 and the Dred Scott Decision

1850 and 1857
Period: 1850 to 1853

President Millard Fillmore
1853

U.S. Restores Trade with Japan
Period: 1853 to 1857

President Franklin Pierce
Period: 1857 to 1861

President James Buchanan
1858

British Queen Victoria's Rule Over India
1859

Darwin Publishes The Origin of Species
1861

Lincoln's War Between the States
Period: 1861 to 1865

President Abraham Lincoln
1865

Reconstruction of the Southern States
Period: 1865 to 1869

President Andrew Johnson
1867

Dominion of Canada
Period: 1869 to 1877

President Ulysses S. Grant
1871

Otto von Bismarck Unifies Germany
Period: 1877 to 1881

President Rutherford B. Hayes
1881

Boer Wars in Africa
Period: 1881 to 1885

President Chester A. Arthur
Period: 1881 to 1881

President James A. Garfield
Period: 1885 to 1889

President Grover Cleveland
Period: 1889 to 1893

President Benjamin Harrison
Period: 1893 to 1897

President Grover Cleveland
Period: 1897 to 1901

President William McKinley
1898

The Spanish-American War
1900

The Progressive Era
1901

Australia Becomes a Commonwealth
Period: 1901 to 1909

President Theodore Roosevelt
Period: 1909 to 1913

President William Howard Taft
1910

Mexican Revolution
Period: 1913 to 1921

President Woodrow Wilson
1914

World War I and President Wilson
1917

Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
1920

Modern Period of the Arts
Period: 1921 to 1923

President Warren G. Harding
Period: 1923 to 1929

President Calvin Coolidge
1929

The Great Depression and the New Deal
Period: 1929 to 1933

President Herbert Hoover
Period: 1933 to 1945

President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1939

World War II and President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1940

Stalin of the USSR and the Katyn Massacre
1945

The United Nations Formed
1945

The Cold War
Period: 1945 to 1953

President Harry S. Truman
1947

Gandhi and India's Independence
1948

Jewish State Established
1949

Mao and Communist Victory in China
1949

North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1950

The Korean War
1950

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
Period: 1953 to 1961

President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1956

Jim and Elisabeth Elliot, MIssionaries to Ecuador
1959

The Antarctic Treaty
Period: 1961 to 1963

President John F. Kennedy
Period: 1963 to 1969

President Lyndon B. Johnson
1965

The Vietnam War
1969

U.S. Astronauts Walk on the Moon
Period: 1969 to 1974

President Richard M. Nixson
Period: 1970 to 2023

Age of Information and Globalization
1972

Watergate, President Nixon Resigns
Period: 1974 to 1977

Gerald Ford
Period: 1977 to 1981

President James E. Carter
Period: 1981 to 1989

President Ronald Reagan
1989

Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe
Period: 1989 to 1993

President George H. W. Bush
1993

European Union Formed
Period: 1993 to 2001

President William J. Clinton
1994

Apartheid Abolished in South Africa
Period: 2001 to 2009

President George W. Bush
Sep 11, 2001

September 11, 2001
Period: 2003 to 2023

Rising Tide of Freedom
Period: 2009 to 2017

President Barack H. Obama
Period: 2017 to 2021

President Donald J. Trump
Period: 2021 to 2023

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

Creation and the Fall

Age of Ancient Empires

The Flood and the Tower of Babel

Egyptians

Indus River Valley Civilization

Minoans

Mesopotamia

Mycenaeans

Sumer

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Patriarchs of Israel

Kush

Hittites and Canaanites

Assyrians

Babylonians

China's Shang Dynasty

Hinduism in India

Olmecs of Mesoamerica

Phoenicians and the Alphabet

Israelite Exodus and Desert Wandering

Israelite Conquest and Judges

Greek Dark Ages

Israel's United Kingdom

Early Native Americans

Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms

Homer and Hesiod

Rome Founded by Romulus and Remus

Israel Falls to Assyria

Assyria Falls to Babylon

Lao-Tzu, Confucius, Buddha

Judah Falls to Babylon, Temple Destroyed

Babylon Falls to Persia

Jews Return and Rebuild the Temple

Roman Republic

Golden Age of Greece

Peloponnesian Wars

Persia Falls to Alexander the Great

India's Mauryan Empire

Mayans of Mesoamerica

Punic Wars

Rome Conquers Greece

Roman Dictator Julius Caesar

Caesar Augustus and the Pax Romana

John the Baptist

Jesus the Messiah

Pentecost and the Early Church

Persecution Spreads the Gospel

Herod's Temple Destroyed by Titus

Diocletian Divides the Roman Empire

Constantine Legalizes Christianity

India's Gupta Dynasty

Council of Nicea

Augustine of Hippo

Jerome Completes the Vulgate

Visigoths Sack Rome

The Middle Ages

Council of Chalcedon

Western Roman Empire Falls to Barbarians

Byzantine Emperor Justinian

Benedict and Monasticism

Muhammad Founds Islam

Zanj and Early Ghana in Africa

Franks Defeat Muslims at the Battle of Tours

Golden Age of Islam

Vikings Raid and Trade

Japan's Heian Period

Charlemagne Crowned Emperor of Europe

Alfred the Great of England

Erik the Red and Leif Eriksson, Norse Explorers

Vladimir I of Kiev

Byzantine Emperor Basil II

East-West Schism of the Church

Norman Conquest and Feudalism in Europe

The Crusades

Zimbabwe and Early Mali in Africa

Aztecs of Mesoamerica

Francis of Assisi and Thomas Aquinas

Japan's Shoguns

Incas of South America

Genghis Khan Rules the Mongols